mapman
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| How does Boulder equipment avoid obsolescence? I'm no Boulder expert by any stretch but I'm guessing it has been an established good design that has also been well executed from the start and that is what you are buying into? Why change it?I'd have to believe that something has changed in teh ... | |
| Why I like my home system better than live music "I recall reading somewhere that this was one of the (many) factors that dissuaded The Beatles from performing their later material live. There are many recordings that I love which need to be pretty thouroughly reinterpreted for live performance.... | |
| Big haul at local record show "This means that venders, who often buy whole collections, carefully price their 50s and 60s rock, but often toss classical, newer rock, and Jazz titles in a $1 or $2 bin!"Yes, there a tons of great records from that era that were panned as "not c... | |
| DC Metro -- New The systems that caught my ear that I spent time listening to were the JC Verdier/Dynamic Sounds room with the custom horns (the Dynamic Sounds phono pre-amp was dead quiet and most dynamic even on this highly revealing rig), the Cathedral speaker... | |
| DC Metro -- New Capital Audio Fest was a very nice event. I don't see how they made any money, but I hope they do it again. The venue was gorgeous and really helped add a lot of ambiance to the overall experience. In the room to the left rear of teh first floor w... | |
| Review: Ohm Acoustics Ohm Walsh 2000 Speaker " Perhaps they have become even smoother since the end of my 120-day trial"These things are hard to say for certain but I think it took a good 6 months or so for my 5S3s to completely settle in and that was with regular daily usage at various volu... | |
| Denon 103r ???? "The 103R has a compliance at 10Hz of around 9cm/dyne - maybe more - which means it tracks and behaves quite well in typical medium mass arms."That would explain why it seems to work quite well on my Linn Basik tonearm. I know when I bought the 10... | |
| Denon 103r ???? Mine sounds great! | |
| Why not horns? Unsound,"no soup for you!" | |
| Your favorites amplifiers for their visual look ? I really like the looks of the Jolida FX-10 tube integrated, especially for $450. I'll probably never own a VAC Phi Beta so I might settle for the little Jolida. Nice sounding as well from what I have heard. | |
| Anybody listen to Ohm Walsh speaker w/digital amp? Selah, yes. I did not stay long and really had no impression to relate.I recall seeing Salk also but same deal, sorry. I only had a few hours and a lot of ground to cover.The systems that caught my ear that I spent time listening to were the one p... | |
| Why I like my home system better than live music Forgot to mention that even paul McCartney concert last year at FedEx Field, DC (football stadium) surprisingly had very good sound, however, I was sitting RIGHT in the sweet spot at ground level between the two speaker columns. That was an unbeli... | |
| Why I like my home system better than live music Rock concerts are the most problematic in general.Still, I have heard several in recent years by major acts that were quite excellent in regards to sound quality:Yes (with Symphony Orchestra) at Wolftrap in Vienna, VaPorcupine Tree at Rams Head Li... | |
| Why I like my home system better than live music Drac,Curious what live venues have you heard that sound bad and what kinds of music there? | |
| Why not horns? "ALL speakers have colorations."All recordings do as well. Same true with every piece in every system out there. So the idea of no coloration is not reality and not worth losing any sleep over. If you enjoy what you hear, then that's about as good... |